The Government of Chhattisgarh vide notification No. F 10-4/2016/16 dated 1st May 2017 and notification No. 3030 dated 2nd May 2017 has revised the basic rates of minimum wages and VDA respectively, with effect from 1st April 2017. This notification has superseded the earlier notification No. F 10-4/2016/16 dated 29th March 2017

With a reference to above subject We, would like to draw your kind attention that sir. Minimum Wages has been revised for the period 01/10/2017 to 31/03/2018 of “Gujarat Location”. The revised format of the minimum wages has been given in a tabular format is as under for different type of Industries & worker. So, our kind request with you sir that take note below given factors into consideration while setting the gross salary of the worker. The below given wage is monthly wage multiply by 26 Days. The data is given for per day wage rate

Thursday, September 21, 2017

Dear all Employers,In order to streamline the process of transfer as in the unified portal 2.0 as Member & employer both were facing the problem in regards to the same EPFO has introduced a new Form No 11 which is rename as Composite Declaration form No 11 ( F-11) and which is linked to the new transfer Process The Central Provident Fund Commissioner by exercising the powers conferred under para 36(7) read along with the provisions of para 34 and 57 of EPF Scheme, 1952 and para 24 of Employees' Pension Scheme, 1995 has ordered the introduction of Composite Declaration Form (F-11) by replacing the existing New Form-11 and the same is enclosed as AnnexureI request all employer to introduce the said changes in the joining formalities.

Form 👉New Declaration FormRevised procedure for Transfer of AccountsNew Transfer Process also introduce which will be automatically link with the New Declaration formHighlights:-👉In case the employee already has a UAN, the employer will be required to enter his details through registration of member functionalities on the employer's portal. Since there have been cases of wrong linking of current employment of member with a UAN that does not pertain to him, it would be necessary that the employer shall provide thefollowing data at this stage:-a) UAN allotted to him in pastb) Aadhaar No. of the memberc) Name of the memberd) Date of Birth👉In case, the earlier UAN was Aadhaar seeded and verified, the declaration by the employer of transfer request made by the employee in Form-11 will trigger an auto transfer process which will transfer the accumulations against his previous PF ID to the new PF ID. 👉Form No. 13 is not required to be submitted in such cases. 👉An SMS informing the subscriber about the proposed auto-transfer will be sent on his registered mobile number. Auto transfer will be completed only after:-a) The member does not request to stop the proposed auto-transfer (either online, orthrough employer or at the nearest EPFO office) within 10 days of said SMS, andb) The first contribution by the present employer is deposited and reconciled👉In case:-a) the earlier UAN was not seeded with Aadhaar orb) UAN was Aadhaar seeded but not verified orc) EPF transfer from or to an exempted establishmentthe member needs to apply for transfer in Form-13 as the existing procedure for physical transfer would be followed.Failure to furnish Aadhaar will lead to difficulty in transferring of old accumulation into new account and therefore all employers are advised to ensure that the Aadhaar number of transferee is filled in the EPFO portalCircular👉New Transfer Process

Most employees in the organized sector have an account with the EPFO or Employees' Provident Fund Organisation. The employee provident fund account is meant to offer financial security and stability when the employee retires. Both public and private employees can make contributions on a monthly basis, and earn interest on their savings. Over the years, the amount in the account turns out to be a huge corpus. Now EPF India has created an app called as m-EPF. It helps employees monitor and operate the EPF account using their Unique Account Number (UAN) from the comfort of their mobile phone.

The app says that users can view their monthly credits through the passbook as well their details available with EPFO. Similarly, the EPF pensioners have been given the facility to access their pension disbursement details through this mobile app.

The app, which has more than 1 million downloads according to Google Chrome Store, also enables employers to view their remittance details.

This year EPFO has made partial withdrawal easier from provident fund for medical and other purposes like purchase of house, education and marriage of children. For this purpose, the EPFO subscriber is no longer required to submit various certificates or documents.

EPFO has also proposed a loyalty-cum-life benefit of up to Rs. 50,000 at the time of retirement for contributing to the scheme for 20 years or more.

EPFO has also said that its 4.5 crore subscribers and around than 54 lakh pensioners, will now receive payments through electronic or digital fund transfer system only, ensuring quick transfer of funds, easier tracking and reconciliation thereof. The Ministry of Labour in a notification dated May 4, 2017, provided for electronic or digital fund transfer/payment of EPF benefits, pension disbursement and insurance claim.

EPFO has also launched a housing scheme under which the members can make down payment for a house and also pay EMIs out of their EPF corpus.

Monday, September 18, 2017

In exercise of powers conferred on Central Provident Fund Commissioner under paragraph 36(7) of Employees' Provident Funds Scheme, 1952, discontinuance of submission of Form No. 9 in physical form is hereby ordered in respect of all the members joining as well as the establishments being covered on or after 1st October, 2017.

IS Division will make provision for maintenance of Form No. 9 electronically and making it available for various purposes with effect from 1st October, 2017.

Since employee master is available in the system containing all relevant details of the employee viz. name, gender, DOB, DOJ, father's/spouse's name as well as Aadhar & bank details fetched through ECR, submission of Form No. 9 in physical form by the employer can be discontinued. This would boost e-governance for fully electronic settlement of claims and also facilitate the employers in ease of doing business by reducing their paper work.

In view of the above my suggestions is that whenever a new employee is joining the following documents should be mandatory

1. Aadhar Card ( Name of the employee should be as per aadhar)

2. Pan Card

3. Saving Bank account details (The reason behind giving Saving Bank account will be helpful to the employees if applying through online)

Sunday, September 17, 2017

As per EPFO circular dated 15th September 2017, the EPFO has implemented new composite Pension Payment Order which will be effective from 20th September 2017. The composite Pension Payment Order will be issued for all categories of Pensioners except in the case of issue/revision of Pension Payment Order prior to 26.09.2008 which involves either Return of Capital or Commutation or both. In such cases, existing form may be used for PPO. Please refer the notification for the revised form

Monday, September 04, 2017

In addition to the existing form of Loan now ss per EPFO circular dated 18th August 2017 which was released in
continuation to the previous circular dated 21st April 2017, the EPFO has
revised the application form for Housing loan by PF members and has also
directed the Cash Branch to ensure that generation and disbursal of EMIs in
respect of the all claims under para 68-BD( 4) of EPF Scheme, 1952 should be
made on the first working day of the month. The necessary letter of intimation
shall be sent to the lending agency and the member on first working day of the
month. Please refer to the revised application form in the notification

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